INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 477 



Aglaia minahassae Koord. Pisek; malinsot; ijzorhout. 

 Celebes, Ceram, Saparoea, Haroeka, Noesalant. 



Possibly the Bame as the preceding species; house and bridge building. 

 Van Eed. 62; Blits 30-32. 



Aglaia odorata Lour. 



China and the Indo-Malayan region. 



A very good wood for cabinet work. 



Aglaia pyramidata Hance. [A. cochin chincn sis Pierre). 

 Cochin China. 



Dark red wood, hard, agreeable odor, durable. Used for planks and 

 furniture. 

 Pierre 334. 



Aglaia roxburghiana Miq. 



Java, Sumatra, Moluccas, Ceylon, Burma. 



Hard and very heavy, bright red. Used for spokes. 



Van Eed. 63; K. & V. 3:147; Camb. 149. 



Amoora. Wood hard, close-grained, red, with a darker-colored heart- 

 wood. Pores small to large, often subdivided, visible or prominent on 

 vertical section. Pith-rays moderately broad, uniform. 



Amoora aherniana Merr. Plate XXV. fig. 40. Cato. 



Philippines. 



Dark red; very hard and very heavy. Used for structural work. 

 Vessels with whitiflh diaphragms or deposits which show very plainly on 

 the longitudinal section. Occasional dark-red deposits in vessels. 



Amoora cucullata Roxb. 

 Indo-Malayan region. 



Red, hard, heavy wood. Pores joined by narrow concentric lines of 

 wood parenchyma. 



Pierre 344; Gamb. 151; Watt Diet. 1:224. 



Aphanomyxis grandifolia Bl. [Amoora aphanomyxis R. & S.). Goela 



(Jay.). 



Java, Banka, Timor, Malay Peninsula. 



Wood moderately hard and heavy, pale red, not durable, does not 

 split readily. Not much used. 

 Van Eed. 63 K. & V. 3:119-123. 



Aphanomyxis rohituka (Roxb.) Pierre. 

 Indo-Malayan region. 



Red, hard, and heavy wood, with concentric bands in cross-section. 

 Boat building. 



Watt Diet. 1:224; Pierre 344. 



